Bioavailability of oral chondroitin sulfate
β Scribed by Paolo Lualdi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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A hydrogel constituted of chitosan (CT) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) was synthesized. In previously reported works the stochiometric ratio has been used, but in this paper an excess of CS (40% CT and 60% CS) was used because the hydrogel could be applied as a CS carrier. The hydrogel properties were